Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story

Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
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Absolutly fasinating

Beautiful

What a long, strange trip it's been

Excellent book for "Reality-Based" Education

Evolution simplified

Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story
Lisa Westberg Peters
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152017720

Book Description

All of us are part of an old, old family. The roots of our family tree reach back millions of years to the beginning of life on earth. Open this family album and embark on an amazing journey. You'll meet some of our oldest relatives--from both the land and the sea--and discover what we inherited from each of them along the many steps of our wondrous past.
Complete with an illustrated timeline and glossary, here is the story of human evolution as it's never been told before.

Customer Reviews:

Absolutly fasinating .......2007-06-28

I just adore this book. The content does not read like a science introduction at all, but as a family story. Kind of a big-nose-from-Aunt-Tilly story, but way broadened to include our ancestors. My 5 year old was almost as transfixed as I was by where we picked up parts of ourselves. What a wonderful discovery book which enforces oneness with all life. The illustrations are outrageous.

Beautiful .......2007-06-15

My daughter loves this book. She is 4 years old and is able to relate to the story and even points out parts that she has in common with the organisms in the book. The book is good at inspiring more questions about the evolutionary theory. Where the book leaves off I can fill in with what I have studied. Telling the story of evolution to very young children is not easy. It can be tricky to walk the line between being creative enough to captivate a child and still being scientifically accurate. The most easily understood part of this book is that it shows all life on this planet came from the same place, and for a 4 year old that is a good start. I would have purchased this book or one like when my 7 year old was a baby if I knew that someone was thoughtful and smart enough to write a children's book on evolution. The author, illustrator, and publisher of this book deserve an award for their wonderful efforts in helping very young children learn about evolution.

What a long, strange trip it's been.......2006-04-16

This beautifully illustrated picture book attempts to explain the evolutionary journey from single-celled entities to the remarkably diverse human race. With short sentences and no more than two brief paragraphs per page -- and sometimes only one or two sentences -- the book traces evolution from the single-cells to multi-celled beings to scaly, finny being to salamander-like creatures ... and so on through to hominids (my word, not theirs) and humans. Each step of the journey is described in the first person plural ("we still had scales" or "on the outside, we looked like hairy lizards"), which brings me to my primary complaint with the book. The language is beautiful and the illustrations are exquisite, but the concept of evolution just doesn't reduce so well. Even though the author emphasizes that these changes took place over millenia, kids just aren't able to grasp that kind of time frame (heck, adults have a hard time with it, too!). It may seem simply too fantastical for a child to accept or understand that humans evolved (i.e., were once) from "squishy...soft..worms." When presented in this reductionist fashion, the scientific concept of evolution appears more magical or made up than any fairy tale and certainly less believable than any creation story. Or maybe that's the point...that evolution is another creation story?

Excellent book for "Reality-Based" Education.......2005-10-26

A great introductory book for young kids on the topic of evolution.

Evolution simplified.......2005-09-23

Evolution is often a curricular hot potato. For those whose schools are reluctant to bring up the subject, this is the book for you. The text is simple and straightforward, accompanied by colorful, oversized illustrations. Our Family Tree is an ideal way to round out your child's understanding of scientific views on the origin of our 'family tree'.

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Enchanting!
My 8 year old loves this book!
A Must-Have for Every Family's Library
Great book
4 1/2* The Remembrance of Trees Past,

Our Tree Named Steve
Alan Zweibel
Manufacturer: Puffin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Dear Kids, A long time ago, when you were little, Mom and I took you to where we wanted to build a house. . . . I remember there was one tree, however, that the three of you couldnÂ't stop staring at. . . .

After the family spares him from the builders, Steve the tree quickly works his way into their lives. He holds their underwear when the dryer breaks down, heÂ's there when Adam and Lindsay get their first crushes, and heÂ's the centerpiece at their outdoor family parties. With a surprising lack of anthropomorphizing, this is a uniquely poignant celebration of fatherhood, families, love, and change.

Customer Reviews:

Enchanting!.......2007-09-20

Enchanting, charming, and SWEET! We have an equally wonderful tree in our front yard, which has held a swing, provided shade, as well as a home to a family of squirrels that have been with us for years (much to our dog's amusement). Although we have never thought about naming our tree we have, after reading this heartwarming book, decided to name our tree. Announcing for the first time ever in print, our big old maple tree, MAY!

My 8 year old loves this book!.......2007-05-06

My 8 year old checked this book out at the school library and had to have it. She read it over and over! Good book for any family that may be dealing with the loss of something or someone special.

A Must-Have for Every Family's Library.......2007-05-06

In a perfect world children would never have to experience the pain of loss. But, of course, this is not a perfect world, and just like their adult counterparts, youngsters need help coping when they lose someone they love. Be it that pet hamster who meets with an untimely (and usually slightly suspicious) end, a beloved grandparent who passes away, or the giant tree in the family's backyard that is cut down after providing so many years of comfort to those who hung from its limbs and took shelter under its shade- we all need help getting our children through such rough times. "Our Tree Named Steve" is the perfect book for such times.

Written in the form of a tender letter from a father to his three children this book teaches children about the importance of loving, to their fullest capacity, those who impact their lives; and then, when that most precious person is gone physically, embracing that same love, and, most importantly, feeling empowered by that love- perpetuating it so to speak. This book reminds its readers, both young and not-so young, that once someone has taken up residence in our hearts, they exist there eternally. Perhaps, in a different, less tangible form as the end of the book suggests- but they reside there nonetheless.

An obvious departure from the more adult-oriented comedy writing for which he is most recognized, Alan Zweibel has written a children's book that is entertaining, thought-provoking, and even a bit spiritual in its universal theme. But despite the heavy subject matter, the book is written with a softness and gentility that is soothing to children. It's also quite funny- the line "... and whenever our dryer broke down, he (Steve, the tree) held our underwear with pride" will undoubtedly make every child giggle because `underwear' is always funny! The illustrations that accompany Mr. Zweibel's thoughtful text are both beautiful and comical, and I simply love the colors David Catrow used. They jump off the page.

I highly recommend this book- it is one that should be accessible on the family bookshelf at all times for those days when your child needs some comforting... heck, it'll probably provide some solace to a few grown-ups, too.

Great book.......2007-03-18

My first graders loved this book and they noticed some characters from other book that Catrow illustrated show up in this story. It made them sad at the end.
For adults, it makes you think about childhood memories,

4 1/2* The Remembrance of Trees Past,.......2005-09-29

This sometimes poignant story focuses on the long-term intersections of family life and nature (here, a tree named "Steve"), and mixes humor and pathos appropriate for toddlers to early elementary school age kids. While there are some minor flaws that a good editor might have corrected, the narrative and (especially) the illustrations tell an original story about nature's centrality in our development and our memories.

The story line is in the form of a letter from a father to his three grown-up kids, describing how "a long time ago, when you were little, Mom and I took you to where we wanted to build a house for us to live in." This information would be obvious and sound a little redundant if really written to three grown-up children. Although very talented, Zweibel doesn't completely resolve the difficult problem of writing a children's story through the modus operandi of a letter for grown-ups. Still, Zweibel captures the power and appeal of reminiscence as "Dad" recounts realistic details such as two-year old Sari's calling out "Steve" as a mispronunciation of Steve, and the tree's increasing importance to the entire family:

"He quickly worked his way into your lives as a swing holder, target, third base, hiding place, jump-rope turner... and whenever our dryer broke down, he held our underwear with pride."

The latter phrase once again shows the primacy of the book's audience over the letter's audience--the grown-up children. While this is understandable and even laudable (shouldn't the reader come first?), it makes the letter-writing device seem a bit manipulative. Rather than being profound and transcendental, the tone seems a bit expedient and overly sentimental. This is particularly the case on the two-page spread showing Kirby the dog sniffing the stump where Steve once stood, a victim of disease and a recent storm. Against a monochromatic purple background that practically resembles the burning of Atlanta in "Gone With The Wind," we read in Dad's letter:

"...even in his final moments, when he could have fallen on our house, Sari's swings, Kirby's house, or Mom's garden, Steve performed his last trick and protected all of us to the very end, and friends like this are hard to find."

It's some 20 or so years later, and Sari's swings are still up and Dad talks to his grown-ups kids about Steve's "tricks"? This is a bit much, and seems antithetical to the book's theme of change. Furthermore, time seems to change unevenly in "Steve's" neck of the woods. Years later, the house looks much the same as it did when the family first moved there. The two older children do begin to look like teenagers, but young Sari's picture is ill-defined and static.

Still, Zweibel touches upon important and difficult issues of discovery, change, destruction, and renewal. More impressively, he seems to have struck a chord with his adult audience about the sometimes forgotten importance of memory and personal meaning. (Read the reviews here, in which people often mention a tree or other well-loved and often used natural object from their childhood.) I also liked the conclusion in which Steve's remnants make up a new tree house in a new tree.

Although there are the necessary comical interludes featuring the mugging dog. David Catrow's pencil and watercolor illustrations have the look of memory. In the best pictures, the foggy, muted colors recall a fondly remembered past, and some of the pictures impart a mythic stature to the beloved tree. For adults, "Steve" symbolizes a past to which we cannot fully return; for children, Steve is the embodiment of the joy, the intimacy, and the unpredictability of nature. A book with special poignancy after the recent Gulf Coast floods, its appeal seems to transcend Zweibel and Catrow's material.

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Family Tree Book
Detailed Description of Book
Makes A Great Wedding Gift
A Good Place to Start
Thorough for recording geneology in one place, has faults

Our Family Tree
Julie Hausner
Manufacturer: Book Sales
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Customer Reviews:

Family Tree Book.......2007-04-30

I found this book for a beginner quite helpful however, given that my research is already quite extensive essentially i have too much infomration for the book to hold. The book holds up to Great, Great, Great grandparents. Unfortuantely, i need a lot more room at this early stage of research and need to look for another book which holds more information. If you have a lot of research prior to the purchase of this book i would not buy it however, if all you have to start with is your grandparents then it most certainly is of value providing great tips on how to conduct research etc.

Detailed Description of Book.......2006-04-13

When I first got this book, I'll admit that I was overwhelmed. Documenting your family to get every single mother or father down the line is intimidating. I haven't written anything in this book because I want to make sure I have enough information to put inside it. I'd hate to fill up a page or two and then stop because I was unable to find anything more.

When you start the book, it begins with "Our Family" where you write down your name along with your spouse's name and the information of when/where the wedding ceremony took place. If you're single and have no children, it's okay to put your parents in and use them as the starting family.

The next following pages are for simple information about the Husband, the Wife, and a page where you list the children and their birth information. After that is a page for Grandchildren and Descendants.

Then it gets to the Family Tree part. You fill in information about you and your spouse and then it branches off to husband's parents, wife's parents, the grandparents of both and it keeps going for 3 more generations.

That kind of scared me. The family tree tends to get a bit hairy. What comes next is what intimidates me.

After that is the section where it focuses on the Husband's Ancestral chart. It starts with information about the husband (Name, Birth, Marriage, Death/Burial, Occupation, Special Interests). Then it branches off to his parents, the parents of his parents, and keeps going for 3 more generations. All in the same format except for the last 2 generations where it all seems squished together.

The next section is about the Husband's family. You list his brothers and sisters (Up to 9 entries), their spouses and children (the children entry is just one small line!).

What confuses me is that the page where you record this information is small while the very next page is a full page about Legal Guardians. However, it's very easy to use this Legal Guardians page to list the children of the husband's siblings if you wish to.

The next section is the Husband's Parents' Family. This page is where you list the husband's father's siblings, spouses, and children. Again, a full-sized Legal Guardians page right next to it, which you can use to write any children that couldn't fit on the small page.

And it tends to repeat. The sections are as follows: Husband's mother's siblings, children, and spouses. Husband's Grandfather's (Father's Side) siblings, etc. Husband's Grandmother's (Father's Side) siblings, etc. Husband's Grandfather's (Mother's Side) siblings, etc. Husband's Grandmother's (Mother's side) siblings, etc.

Then the last part of the section is just Husband's Great Grandparents siblings, spouses, and children. It doesn't split up into mother's or father's sections like previously though. It is all squished together on the page and you'll have to indicate which come from which (and I think it gets confusing). And also there's a legal guardians page right next to it if you need more room.

Then, it repeats all over again for the Wife (Ancestral Chart and Family information).

The next following sections are Citizenship Records (Name, Emigrated From, To, Date), Weddings (Names, Date, Place), Religious Activities (Name, Ceremony or Occasion, Godparents or Sponsors, Date & Place), Our Places of Worship, In Memoriam, Our Home (You put in the full address and the dates of when the house was purchased and when you moved out, as well as any extra information about it), Where Our Ancestors Have Lived, Schools and Graduations (Name, "School, College, or University", Dates of Attendance, Certificate or Degree), Clubs and Organizations (Name, Organization, "Activity, Award, Office Held", Date), Companies We Have Worked For or Owned (On the last page is a small section for Social Security Numbers), Military Service Records (EIGHT pages for this section!), Special Friends, Our Pets, Family Automobiles (This'll be amusing to put down information. I remember the dinky red stationwagon that my parents drove in the early 80's.), Favorite Things (One is a HIS-HERS page and the other is a CHILDREN page), Collections and Heirlooms, Favorite Family Sports, Favorite Family Hobbies, Family Vacations, Family Reunions, Family Traditions, Events to Remember, Oral Family History (Stories that family members have told and it encourages you to write them down or they'll become lost.), Extraordinary Events We Have Survived and Overcome, Illnesses (Name, "Illness, Operation", "Hospital, Doctor", Date), Vital Statistics (This is real detailed. There's separate HIS, HERS, and Children sections. Height, Weight, Hair Color, Eye Color, Suit Size, Blouse Size, Shirt size, Waist, Shoe Size, Hat Size, Ring Size, Other Sizes, Color Preference, Toiletries Preference.).

And at last, there's the Photography section. There are a couple of pages to randomly glue pictures to them.

Some sections tend to be extremely long but I imagine if you wanted to, you can always put extra information onto certain pages if they weren't being used. I think this book can be extremely helpful and it's definitely something that you can pass down for future descendants to look back on. I know a lot of people think that our present time is rather boring but imagine it 100 years ago. I'm sure the people of that time thought it was boring yet here we are wondering what it was like for them.

Makes A Great Wedding Gift.......2005-07-09

I have been giving these books as wedding gifts for years, along with the obligatory china place setting or crystal stemware and the couples always rave about the book the most. It is very detailed and something the whole family can work on together. An inexpensive gift, but the end result is priceless!!!

A Good Place to Start.......2004-08-08

This book is an excellent place to start organizing your genealogical research. The format provided by the book is helping me to see the areas in which I need more information. I plan to use the book as a guide when I begin interviewing other family members. The book does provide helpful information about gealogical research on the last few pages.

It is true that some sections could have been better. If you have information on generations prior to your Great, Great, Great Grandparents, there is not space provided for them on the tree diagrams. Too much space is given for legal guardians. There is not enough space for children and grandchildren of the starting couple. One of the other reviewers mentioned that the book assumes that the first entry in the book will be a couple. This is true, but you can chose to start the book from your parents' generation if you are not part of a couple.

Basically, this is a good starting reference book. Once I've used it to conduct my family interviews, I plan to load the information from it into one of the genealogy PC programs.

Thorough for recording geneology in one place, has faults.......2002-11-26

This is a fill-in-the-blank style book with room to include a husband's and wifes ancestors and children as well as other relevant information. However, in places it seems to include too much room for some things.....like a full page of lines for 'legal guardians' while only one line(quite small) for children of the husband or wife and thier siblings. Since that page is next to the 'legal guardians' page I was at least able to make use of it for the run off of listing children of those with more than two kids.

It is a convenient book to take along to family gatherings to record information and fill in the blanks. I think this is a good book to start recording family history and geneology, but I would prefer another book for a completed book. In the meantime, I don't mind a few scratch-outs of mistakes in this one.

Customer Reviews:

Not a great picture album........2007-08-06

This book should work well to organize family history data. I took off a star because I would have liked more room for pictures when writing about each relative. There are a few picture pages in the back.

My family tree book........2007-08-01

I was looking for more copies of this hardcover book to continue doing my family history. I found it here and I very satisfied!

Family tree book.......2007-05-11

This is such a nice book to pass down to future generations. It has pages to fill out for both sides of your family, going back 6 generations! It has also has pages to fill out family info on your homes, citizenship records, weddings, religious activities, In Memoriam, schools and graduation dates,clubs and organizations, companies worked for, military records, friends, oral family history and more. This would be a great book to start when one is a young adult and filling it out a little at a time. That is the only downside to this book, trying to find the time to fill it out!

Nice Book.......2006-08-06

This is a very nice book for the family geneologist to record their research findings in. Crisp pages work best with ballpoint pen rather then marker-type. Plenty of headings such as church, first homes, family traditions to fill out. A good buy.

Trees of Wisconsin Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)

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Trees of WI.
a simple pocket guide

Trees of Wisconsin Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)
Stan Tekiela
Manufacturer: Adventure Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Tree identification can be easy and enjoyable for everyone! This field guide features professional, full-page photos and comprehensive, accessible information about each tree's leaves or needles, bark, mature size, fall color, state-specific range map and more. The author's notes include helpful identification tips and interesting "gee-whiz" facts. Each book covers more than 65 common trees and is a great size for use in the field.

Customer Reviews:

Trees of WI........2007-01-08

Very helpful when choosing which plants to save on a new house lot. This is a good foundation of knowledge for native trees in our area.

a simple pocket guide.......2004-05-31

Great, basic guide book for gaining a more acute sense of native trees in Wisconsin including many common, non-native species as well. 101 different trees are highlighted, 16 conifers and 85 deciduous. The book has a nice layout, ideal for quick reference use, with a good full page color photo for each tree. The trees are grouped according to their leaf type. Handy icons for these groups appear in the upper right-hand page corner and down by the page number. There is also, an icon made for visually understanding the mature tree size, comparing it to a 2-story house.

Short profile text describes the characteristics of a tree's overall shape, height and appearance, needle/leaf, bark, flower, fruit, fall foliage, origin, average lifespan, habitat and region. Common names appear first at the top of the page with botanical names and family classification right underneath in smaller print. At the bottom of the page is a paragraph of Stan's Notes which feature the "gee-wiz" facts of interest, even if the plant is known to be edible or poisonous. This basic information layout is kept consistent throughout the book for each tree. What is not consistent are comments of when in bloom or with berry. A few, though not all trees listed have small insert photos to show fruit and flowers. All trees do have a small insert photo for identifying the bark.

The book has a good introduction and a nice glossary that even gives a tree example for some terminology. Plus there is a checklist at the back. A nice sized, simple, easy reading handbook, kept comprehensible for the average, everyday nature nut. Recommendable as a first-time field guide.

The Bonsai Workshop (Our Garden Variety)
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The Best Bonsai Book!!

IT I S IRREPLACABLE FOR ME

Excellent Resource for Beginners

Very well written book

great for beginning to intermediate levels

The Bonsai Workshop (Our Garden Variety)
Herb Gustafson
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

“For the beginning to intermediate bonsai enthusiast, outlining in straightforward fashion the essentials of the care, creation, and display of these lovely miniature trees...this book should be the only one you need.”—Booklist.

Customer Reviews:

The Best Bonsai Book!!.......2005-11-09

I was mostly...unimpressed by the bonsai books you normally find in a book store, so I asked my mentor(world famous) for a good suggestion for a book. He suggested this book. I went out and bought it. It is so easy to understand. It made the hardest stuff seem easy. It put everything that would seem extremely difficult into words even a beginner could understand. I used this book to save a tree that was almost killed by Hurricane Katrina! Using this book I still havn't lost a single tree.

IT I S IRREPLACABLE FOR ME.......2004-10-03

After many starts which led to complete disasters for me, this book finally gave the information I need to get started in this wonderful art. The instructions are great for a beginner like myself. The combinaiton of written, step by step direcitons along with the wonderful photographs makes this book a joy to work with. I cannot say if this is a good book for the advanced student, as I am far, far from that category, but I can say without a doubt that it is great for beginners. It certainly answered all of my questions. This book was far better than any other I purchased on the subject! Thank you SO much Mr Gustafson!

Excellent Resource for Beginners.......2004-08-26

Interested in bonsai but clueless on where to begin? This book makes an excellent starting point. It clearly and concisely explains the basic "rules" - which the author advises the reader to learn, practice, then feel free to ignore as their confidence and creativity take over. Every basic area, from tools to pots, from soil to common plant choices, are explained and illustrated with hundreds of drawings and color photographs. If you decide to truly pursue the art of bonsai this book alone will not be enough - you will need to draw upon other books and build a resource library. But, for your first introduction to the hobby, I highly recommend this "workshop".

Very well written book.......2001-11-27

The book is very well done and informative. Technically, I don't think I'd call this book for the total beginner as it doesn't go into a lot of detail as to types of trees. It does briefly mention types of trees that work as bonsai, but doesn't give care sheets and the like found in some other bonsai books. The workshops are good in the book, however, it would have been better if the formatting was not so confusing. You tend to see pictures either before or after the text and that does cause some consternation. All things considered though, this is a really helpful book and one definitely worth buying.

great for beginning to intermediate levels.......2001-10-09

this is a great way to get someone into bonsai. herb gustafson, in this and his other books, does a great job of walking through different necessities (food, light, watering, tools, etc.) and techniques using several examples. he also gives information without seeming biased towards one style or type of plant, but shares all with the reader. definitely worth getting, even if you're not sure about getting into bonsai.

Midnight Forests: A Story Of Gifford Pinchot And Our National Forests

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Good reading skills for grades 3-4 lend to learning about Pinchot's time spent in the woods
A DREAM AND HARD WORK MADE IT HAPPEN

Midnight Forests: A Story Of Gifford Pinchot And Our National Forests
Gary Hines
Manufacturer: Boyds Mills Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Good reading skills for grades 3-4 lend to learning about Pinchot's time spent in the woods.......2005-12-15

Few biographies for kids survey Gifford Pinchot and his role as the father of the conservation movement in this country, which makes Midnight Forests: A Story Of Gifford Pinchot And Our National Forests all the more important. Robert Casilla provides an excellent survey here: good reading skills for grades 3-4 lend to learning about Pinchot's time spent in the woods, his political influence, and his vision for preservation.

A DREAM AND HARD WORK MADE IT HAPPEN.......2005-04-30

Today, most of us take our National Forests for granted. We assume that these beautiful places where we can hike, climb and backpack have always been as they are today. Not at all so as we learn in this educational and entertaining biography of Gifford Pinchot.

It was the year 1885 when young Gifford Pinchot set out for Yale University. His father had suggested that he might want to be a forester as the elder Pinchot had become concerned about the destruction of our forests. Well, Gifford only knew that he loved the woods. After his time at Yale he had learned a great deal about geology and biology but nothing about the management of trees. His next step was to study at a forestry school in France.

At last, Gifford was the first American to ever be trained in forestry. He knew what he wanted to accomplish, but how to do it? Fortunately, he would eventually find a staunch ally in President Theodore Roosevelt. The two men had many common interests - the outdoors, hunting, fishing. Then, in 1905, with the aid of his friend the President Gifford took charge of all federal forests, and named his department the Forest Service.

Thanks in large part to the dedication and determination of one man the National Forests exist today for all of us to enjoy. From this story youngsters will learn how much we owe to those who came before us, and what can be accomplished with a dream and hard work.

- Gail Cooke

Trees of Michigan Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)

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This little guide is really helpful!
Love this series!
Trees of Michigan: Field Guide
Trees of Michigan: Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)
Great Series!

Trees of Michigan Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)
Stan Tekiela
Manufacturer: Adventure Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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Butterflies Of Michigan Field Guide (Butterfly Field Guides)

ASIN: 1591930006

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This little guide is really helpful!.......2007-08-13

I live in Michigan and already own the Birds of Michigan Guide by Stan Tekeila. So, when I saw the Trees Guide of Michigan by the same author, I decided to give it a try.

We moved to an area in Michigan with some nice old trees in our yard that I had no idea what they were. After I received the book, a few days ago, I went outside to check out some trees. I found out what they were immediately. I had a Bur Oak and another was Witch Hazel. I took a leaf from each and put it right in the book so I wouldn't forget.

The Trees of Michigan Field Guide is really handy to use. There is a photo on one page with additional little photos of the bark, cone and so on. Then the other page gives hints about the particular tree so that you can identify it. One interesting fact is how long each tree might live. The Bur Oak should live between 150 and 250 years! I am pretty sure it was here when the Indians lived in this area. It is pretty huge.

This is a fine little book and I would highly recommend it.

Love this series!.......2007-08-03

Stan Tekiela provides compact, informative books in his Field Guide series. I have purchased 5 of them (Wildflowers, Trees, Birds, Frogs/Amphibians and Mammals of Michigan) and use them weekly. I just wish he would produce more. They are easy to carry in pockets, backpacks, etc. and contain most of the species. Great work!

Trees of Michigan: Field Guide.......2007-07-05

This is a user friendly guide for amateurs. Its pocket-sized format makes it easy to take along. The pictures and discriptions are well done and make identification easy. I recommend it for youth and adults.

Trees of Michigan: Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides).......2007-04-03

Excellent reference material. Can't leave home without it.

Great Series!.......2004-11-09

I received this book as a gift and love it! The book is well organized, easy to use, affordable, and contains good pictures. I also own this authors Michigan Wildflowers and Michigan Birds books- which are excellent. I looked at several other series of nature identification books and they were either too big, too expensive, or too difficult to use. Children could easily use these books.

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Valerie Bodden
Manufacturer: Creative Education
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

General | Ages 4-8 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1583414657

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Manufacturer: Macmillan McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0022811486

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